Queen Launches The “Southern Cross“ (1954)

Belfast, Northern Ireland. GV “Southern Cross“ on slipway awaiting launching, at Harland & Wolff’s shipyard at Belfast. SV bows of ship. LV Queen Elizabeth II and officials looking up at ship. CU Queen. LV crowd carrying umbrellas. SV Queen names ship (natural sound). End of speech - Queen pulls lever. LV bottle smashing against bows. CU Queen looking up and smiling - ship moves down slipway. LV ship going down slipway. SV crowd. LV ship entering water. SV Queen watching. LV ship being towed to fitting basin. CU drawing of “Southern Cross“ in finished state. (Orig. Neg.) (Orig. H.) (Uncut Neg. A. and B.) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (19